Scorching 'lava world' detected by James Webb Telescope surprises scientists with a thick atmosphere
The data suggest this small, super-hot world is shrouded in a thick layer of gas, likely hovering above a planet-wide ocean of magma.
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Can stars form near supermassive black holes?
The region around black holes was not thought to be conducive to star formation, yet research proved otherwise.
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Astronomers image rare Tatooine-like world orbiting two suns locked in 300-year cycle
The discovery, validated by a separate European team led by the University of Exeter, may offer fresh insight into interactions between planets and binary star systems.
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39-year-old mystery about Uranus may have been solved by revisiting Voyager 2 data
During its 1986 observation of the planet in the first and only flyby, the spacecraft measured a surprisingly strong electron radiation belt.
2 days ago
NASA's James Webb Telescope witnesses stellar explosion from just 730 million years after the Big Bang
Previously, the most ancient supernova ever confirmed dated back to when the universe was 1.8 billion years old.
3 days ago
Longest gamma-ray burst ever detected blazed for over seven hours — and astronomers are baffled
NASA's Fermi telescope was the first to identify the highly unusual cosmic explosion.
3 days ago
Scientists witness supermassive black hole blasting out matter at 20 percent the speed of light
An international team of astronomers conducted a ten-day observation of the NGC 3783 black hole using mainly the XRISM space telescope.
4 days ago
Astronomers capture stunning close-up photos of exploding stars blasting material in multiple streams
A nova is a massive, temporary star explosion caused when a dense white dwarf star pulls material from a nearby star, setting off an uncontrolled nuclear reaction.
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Groundbreaking supercomputer simulations explain why black holes are so bright
A team of computational astrophysicists has developed a simulation that explains the behavior of matter around black holes.
Dec 5, 2025
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS appears to be covered in erupting 'icy volcanoes,' scientists say
A study has also concluded that the interior of 3I/ATLAS is rich in metal, which could challenge our current understanding of comet formation.
Dec 5, 2025
5 mind-blowing discoveries NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made that Hubble Telescope couldn't
The James Webb captures a more panoramic image of stars and galaxies, spectacular visuals that were missed by most other observatories.
Dec 4, 2025
NASA's JWST discovers massive Milky Way-like spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang
The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, as they believed the formation of such well-organized spiral galaxies took billions of years.
Dec 4, 2025
Asteroid Bennu samples contain 'key to happiness' among other fascinating things
Scientists have found a nutrient crucial to the production of serotonin in the asteroid samples.
Dec 3, 2025
53 massive quasars found blasting out jets 50 times the diameter of the Milky Way
These giant radio quasars belong to a group of 369 that was recently discovered by the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope near Pune, India.
Dec 2, 2025
Groundbreaking finding: Objects near black hole Sagittarius A* are orbiting safely, not falling in after all
An international team of researchers observed four highly intriguing 'dust objects' using the ERIS instrument at the Very Large Telescope facility in Chile.
Dec 1, 2025
Black Holes: From unbelievable theory to observable reality
Delve into how black holes went from being mathematical curiosities to imaged phenomena
Nov 30, 2025
We've now detected 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, thousands more will be discovered soon
10,000 of the 40,000 were discovered in the last three years alone.
Nov 28, 2025
Stunning new image of Butterfly Nebula captured by Gemini South telescope in Chile
Located 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the Scorpius constellation, this nebula's unusual shape is a result of its central star shedding material.
Nov 27, 2025
Century-old mystery solved? Scientists may have 'seen' dark matter for the very first time
New data from a NASA space telescope hints that scientists may have finally captured the first direct glimpse of the mysterious substance.
Nov 26, 2025
Unknown asteroid flew past Earth closer than a satellite—and we didn't spot it until hours later
The giraffe-sized asteroid flew over Antarctica unnoticed.
Nov 26, 2025